all-consuming

adjective

: taking all of a person's time and attention : being the only thing a person thinks about
Her all-consuming passion was music.

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Everything falls apart once overwrought tragedy strikes in the final act, and the characters’ angst is much less compelling than their all-consuming lust. Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024 The conundrum became an all-consuming stress for Jennifer Escalona, 36, a Venezuelan mother who arrived with her two children in May after escaping an abusive partner in Denver shortly after migrating from Venezuela last year. Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 The Athletic spoke to acknowledge that the job’s all-consuming nature is one of its greatest challenges. Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024 How can the world be full of people who have yet to experience such all-consuming beauty? Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for all-consuming 

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“All-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-consuming. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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